During Pain's invasion of Konoha he confronts several ninja inquiring about the location of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, eventually leading his 검색 to Iruka. Iruka refuses to reveal anything and is about to be killed. 카카시 선생님 intervenes, telling Iruka to leave with the injured ninja. 카카시 선생님 then confronts Pain's Deva Path, but despite his methodical tactics, Pain proves too powerful for him to land a single blow due to his body's special abilities. He quickly summarizes the bodies and their strengths and weaknesses. 카카시 선생님 is later joined 의해 Choji and Choza Akimichi. After a long battle, Choza is defeated and 카카시 선생님 is left with barely any chakra. 카카시 선생님 orders Choji to go and tell Tsunade about Pain's powers, and activates his Mangekyo Sharingan to save Choji from a fatal blow, knowing fully well that using it in his current state would very likely lead to his death. As he feels himself losing consciousness, he begins thinking about his dearest 프렌즈 Obito and Rin. 카카시 선생님 then finds himself in an area surrounded 의해 darkness approaching a campfire with his father waiting for him, and asked him about himself. Meanwhile, 카카시 선생님 and the Asura Path are both rendered incapacitated. Later, when Choji arrived at Tsunade's location, she ordered Choji to get 카카시 선생님 and his father to a hospital, making no 코멘트 when Choji asked if 카카시 선생님 was okay, hinting that he is in a critical state if not already dead.